Missing menu bar

[AZbarra3]

Hello everybody.

This is my first post and this is the first time I try do download STS, 'cause I need it at work.

A strange thing happen once installed ST on Ubuntu 11.04.

The menu bar doesn't appear, as you can check in the attached screenshot.

In the image, Windows menu is visible, but other times they are all missing.

I tried to deactivate and activate them back from Window > Customize Perpective (they were already selected but I turned them off, I confirmed, and then turned them on again), and it works as long as I don't close the application.
The next time I start it again, menu bar is still missing.

Another strange thing is that it appears ABOVE the titlebar instead of between icons and title bar, as I expected.

Note this is the first time I use Linux, since I always have been a Windows user.

Thank you
Stefano

[AZbarra3]

Nobody could help me?

Stefano

[Kris De Volder]

Hi Azbarra,

I'm a Ubuntu linux user myself and I haven't seen this problem myself. I am not using 11.X ubuntu yet so maybe that makes a difference.

I'm using 10.04. Perhaps this is a good time for me to try and install Ubuntu 11.X on a spare computer and try it out.

Some other thing I can think of that might make a difference is what version of Java you have installed. I always recommend people to use the Sun JVM as it is more widely used and things are generally better tested and more stable with that.

Unfortunately Ubuntu not too long ago decided to start shipping with OpenJDK on principle. I do agree with the principle, but at the same time I really prefer something that works with the least amount of trouble.

Luckily you can still install sun JDK from the synaptic package manager.

Go to System >> Administration >> Synaptic package manager

Then search for sun-java6. Then select sun-java6-jdk and install that. It should replace your open jdk install.

Maybe that isn't the problem here, but in any case I recommend using sun-jvm as I'm sure it will save you trouble down the line.

Try that and let me know how it goes.

In the mean time, I'll try to install Ubuntu 11.X on another machine. I guess we'll see more user starting to use that, so its probably a good idea for me to try that out and see what happens.

Kris

[Kris De Volder]

Hmm... I just went to Ubuntu download site and there isn't a 11.X version there yet. Where did you get version 11.04?

[AZbarra3]

Hmm... I just went to Ubuntu download site and there isn't a 11.X version there yet. Where did you get version 11.04?

I've found it installed on the PC it wqas gave me at work, my first day.
It's not a stable release, it's an ALPHA version.

I surely prefer to towngrade to a stable release, and maybe I'll do it during nights or Sundays, since I found a few little problems in this version, such as some Linux system crash!

After doing that, I will try to reinstall JDK, as you suggest.

In the meantime, I found how to install Eclipse base version and then install STS plugins on it. Hope this makes the same software as downloading STS from scratch.

Thank you.
Stefano

[Kris De Volder]

The Ubuntu 10.04 version, that's the most recent one currently marked for LTS (long time support), has been working quite well for me, so I would recommend that one, if you are looking to reinstall.

Another thing I suggest is that you install 32 bit version, unless you have more than 4Gb of memory in your computer. I found it to be more stable, and, especially more memory efficient when running the JVM in 32 bit. It is also possible to run 32 bit VM in 64 bit OS, but it takes a lot more customized setup to get that working.

If you have more than 4Gb of memory, you should of course install the 64 bit version to make use of the extra memory. Since you'd have more memory you'd be less concerned with using more memory for a 64 bit VM.

Hope this helps.

Follow up on this message to let me know how things work out re that problem using STS.

Kris

[Andrew Eisenberg]

Another user has reported the same problem:

http://forum.springsource.org/showpo...95&postcount=4

There is a workaround and a link to an Ubuntu bug report.